Fun Facts About the Name Khadicha
- 42 babies named Khadicha: U.S. records list 42 babies given the name Khadicha from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Khadicha Mean?
Khadicha is a feminine name of Arabic origin, a form of the Arabic name Khadīja (خديجة). It comes from the Arabic root خ-د-ج (kh-d-j), which is connected with being born before term: the related word khadīj (خديج) is used of a young one born prematurely. The name is accordingly explained as "prematurely born" or "premature child."
That literal sense is the traditional derivation from the root. A few modern name lists give the meaning as "trustworthy" or "reliable"; this rests on the reputation of the Prophet Muhammad's first wife rather than on the Arabic word itself, and it is not the etymological meaning of the name.
Khadicha Name History & Origins
The name entered history through Khadīja bint Khuwaylid, a wealthy Meccan merchant of the 6th and 7th centuries who became the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad and the first person to accept Islam. She was the mother of his daughter Fatima. Because of her standing in early Islamic history, the name was carried by Muslims well beyond Arabia.
As Islam spread, Khadīja took on local forms in the languages of the communities that adopted it: Hatice in Turkish, Xədicə in Azerbaijani, Xadicha in Uzbek, Xadiçä in Tatar, Khadije in Persian, and Hatidža in Bosnian. Khadicha belongs to this family of renderings, used chiefly in Persian, Central Asian Turkic, and South Asian Muslim naming. The spelling with ch reflects how the Arabic letter ج is pronounced in those languages, not an Arabic pronunciation; Arabic keeps the sound j.
The name itself is pre-Islamic, formed from an ordinary Arabic word for a prematurely born child, and it was already in use as a personal name before the rise of Islam. Its later, much wider circulation followed the expansion of Muslim societies into Iran, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and South Asia, where the name and its regional variants remain common.
How Popular is the Name Khadicha?
Khadicha has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2020. Its best rank was #10,703 in 2020.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,437 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #14,355 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #16,537 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #12,872 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #10,703 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #13,162 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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